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Jul 18, 2017 · The Holy Grail, in medieval legend, is the cup or platter used by Jesus at the Last Supper. According to legend, it can confer miraculous powers on those who encounter it.
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French poet Chrétien de Troyes is credited with introducing the grail as a divine object in his early-12th century romance, “Perceval.” Around 1200, Robert de Boron further specified its...
Also called: Grail. Stained-glass window depicting Jesus with the Holy Grail at the Last Supper. Holy Grail, object sought by the knights of Arthurian legend as part of a quest that, particularly from the 13th century, had Christian meaning.
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It is not to be confused with Homeric Troy, whose fortress ruins stand on an escarpment dominating the coastal plain ten m. away. Troas was founded in 300 b.c. in the spate of Gr. city building that followed the division of Alexander’s short-lived empire.
Shlomo Yitzchaki (Hebrew: רבי שלמה יצחקי ; Latin: Salomon Isaacides; French: Salomon de Troyes; c. 1040 – 13 July 1105), commonly known by the acronym Rashi, was a French rabbi who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible.
- Writing commentaries, grammarian
- 3 daughters
- French
- Troyes
Jun 21, 2021 · Troy and Its Surroundings. If ever there was a defining place in the ancient world where pivotal decisions changed the entire course of history, the Troad Peninsula in northwest Anatolia was just such a place.
Troyes was the native city of Rashi, the great commentator on the Bible and Talmud. Rashi served as the rabbi of Troyes, where he founded (c. 1070) a school which became famous. The present-day streets rue de la Synagogue and rue Salomon Rachi perpetuate the memory of the flourishing medieval community, although their topographical relationship ...
